MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	147% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '17 at 23:29
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 98.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 697 68% 558 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1580 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Lighting 88.5 Reflection 91 Parallax 81.8 72% 87.1 fps	MRender 85.9 Gravity 79.7 Splatting 72.7 64% 79.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 294GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 1,062 Write 966 Mixed 990 225% 1,006 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 25.2 143% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 39.1 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 135 85% 93.5 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 332%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 176 176 17193959640 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 181 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 75 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 138 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 184 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 184 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 146029936670 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	97.4% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 169 Mixed 141 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.22 93% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C11D3/4GX 0420 F3-2666C11-4GTXD KHX2666C11D3/4GX 0420 F3-2666C11-4GTXD 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	89.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 28.2 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 28.7 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 45 89% 45 ns
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 89%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,392x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,666x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,245x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	407x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	306x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	207x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	376x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	206x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16